Our New Machine, Pandora

[A_SN]

We really should celebrate thanksgiving in the UK never understood why we didn't

And that would be? A celebration of the invasion of Britain by the Norse in the 11th century?

 

[X-Code]

I celebrate whenever I want to, who needs an official date for it? :lol:

Stella, get ready

 

[Tainek]

Hmm well sorry then geez... I'll remember next time to not post a US holiday because it offends certain people <_<

Who was offended? he just pointed out that a lot of us dont celebrate it

OT: so is there any any educated estimates on the weight of this unit? weights more of a problem than size when carrying a portable imo

 

[rokdcasbah]

schizophrenia is not the same thing as different than multiple personality disorders!

i vote batman because of the great line:

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

edit: that's a typo up there, not meta-humor, but it's kind of fitting so i'll leave it...

 

[hlidegp2x]

Don't see how it could be, OMAP2430 has the DSP in addition to IVA2. It's probably not programmable, much less a DSP.

OMAP3430 seems to have a DSP C64X. But still it isn't a C54x so i cannot be sure if free C and C++ C54X compilers can be useful here. Only Craig can tell us if the dev team has a similar C and C++ C64X compilers, I guess.

"Runs actual ARM Cortex-A and C64x DSP binaries targeted for the OMAP3430 Software Development Platform"

"If you are developing advanced video applications go for C6455(C64x+ core).You can reuse this code for OMAP2430/OMAP3430 platforms since the IVA2 is based on C64x+. C6416 DSK is obsolete now and it's not widely used for video applications."

 

[javaJake]

*refreshes the thread every 15 minutes, waiting for Craigix to release information*

...(keeping in mind that none may come)...

 

[zaffercharles]

What I'd like to know is are we meant to keep this donation info secret or are we free to share it on here anyway?

 

[God Ginrai]

Hmm well sorry then geez... I'll remember next time to not post a US holiday because it offends certain people <_<

Who was offended? he just pointed out that a lot of us dont celebrate it

OT: so is there any any educated estimates on the weight of this unit? weights more of a problem than size when carrying a portable imo


He pointed it out in a rather rude tone, IMHO.

As for weight, I doubt it's going to be heavy enough to warrant not carrying it.

EDIT: zaffercharles, does that mean you know something we don't? o.o

-God Ginrai

 

[javaJake]

What I'd like to know is are we meant to keep this donation info secret or are we free to share it on here anyway?

I was wondering that exact same thing, but I figured Craigix would let us know if he was concerned.

zaffercharles, does that mean you know something we don't? o.o

He will soon!

 

[Squidge]

What are people thinking of using the DSP for? (Assuming it's even accessible under linux, which I doubt. Let alone programmable)

 

[hlidegp2x]

What are people thinking of using the DSP for? (Assuming it's even accessible under linux, which I doubt. Let alone programmable)

open source codecs i guess... OGG for instance ? xvid ? etc.
but sure, not something like a dual-core

 

[Tobriand]

What I'd like to know is are we meant to keep this donation info secret or are we free to share it on here anyway?

Well, presumably if it were easy to transfer electronically, he'd just send it out by email. It's cheaper, and a lot faster.

So it can't be that straightforward. There must be some rationale behind using old-fashioned post.

 

[icurafu]

Well don't shit on our parade then. :angry:

I was under the impression the UK (or some english-speaking european nation) had a "Thanksgiving" with some totally different meaning behind it, earlier in November..... maybe that person had no idea what they were talking about.

You're thinking of Sourth Korea. Slightly South-East of Europe and speaking Konglish (and hangeukeo) rather than English.

It has both independence day and thanksgiving day (chosok) on the 24th of September. It's called indendence day because the forigners who started saying it during the war were too lazy to call it Harvest Moon.

 

[A_SN]

What are people thinking of using the DSP for? (Assuming it's even accessible under linux, which I doubt. Let alone programmable)

Well it depends, what can it be programmed to do?

 

[Squidge]

Well it depends, what can it be programmed to do?

I don't recall anyone saying whether it was even programmable or not...

 

[God Ginrai]

Well it depends, what can it be programmed to do?

I don't recall anyone saying whether it was even programmable or not...


Hey Squidge, just a curious question. Have you gotten your PCB yet?

-God Ginrai

 

[zaffercharles]

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EDIT: zaffercharles, does that mean you know something we don't? o.o

-God Ginrai

:rolleyes: lol I imagined someone would say that, no not yet anyway I'm happy to share info when I do, if that's allowed.. but if it's not I wouldn't go as far as turning info down on the basis of fairness I'd just keep quiet about it lol

 

[Game_over]

Sorry about OT, but hey.

The UK has Guy Fawkes' Night, on the 5th November, which really isn't anything like thanksgiving in any respect. Thanksgiving you get everyone together and have a big meal involving a turkey. Guy Fawkes' Night, you build a big bonfire and let off lots of fireworks, most of which would be illegal in the US (or so my current flatmate tells me).

There's not really any similarity between them.

Schools often do have a Harvest Festival in October somewhen, which I always took to be our nearest thanksgiving equivalent in terms of sentiment. Usually involved things like a can collection for the socially disadvantaged or some such. It's rarely celebrated outside of schools though.

Um actually we have bonfires here in the US and Guy Fawkes' Night Is more similar to Independence day than thanksgiving (alot of people here don't celebrated for the actual meaning and history of it, but more for giving thanks and being with family) for both Independence Day and New Years we let off a shit load of fireworks pyro is are best friend B)

 

[zacaj]

Fireworks!

 

[God Ginrai]

Fireworks!

And if we can travel back ontopic......

-God Ginrai